# 卯月
## Chinese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mǎoyuè
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maau$^5$ jyut$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
*** Wade–Giles: Mao$^3$-yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: Mǎu-ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maoyueh
*** Palladius: Маоюэ (Maojue)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maau$^5$ jyut$^6$
*** Yale: máauh yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maau$^5$ jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mao$^5$ yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːu̯¹³ jyːt̚²/

#### Proper noun

卯月
* (archaic) The second month of the Chinese lunar calendar.

##### Synonyms

* (second month): 杏月 (Xìngyuè), 麗月／丽月 (Lìyuè), 花月 (huāyuè), 柳月, 仲春, 酣春, 豔春／艳春, 芳春, 如月 (Rúyuè), 早春 (zǎochūn)

##### See also

* Month of the Year: 卯月 (Mǎoyuè)
** Previous: 寅月 (Yínyuè)
** Next: 辰月 (Chényuè)

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* Mandarin
    (Pinyin): Mǎoyuè
    (Zhuyin): ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ
* Cantonese (Jyutping): maau$^5$ jyut$^6$
* Mandarin
** (Standard Chinese)
*** Hanyu Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
*** Zhuyin: ㄇㄠˇ ㄩㄝˋ
*** Tongyong Pinyin: Mǎoyuè
*** Wade–Giles: Mao$^3$-yüeh$^4$
*** Yale: Mǎu-ywè
*** Gwoyeu Romatzyh: Maoyueh
*** Palladius: Маоюэ (Maojue)
*** Sinological IPA : /mɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ ɥɛ⁵¹/
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: maau$^5$ jyut$^6$
*** Yale: máauh yuht
*** Cantonese Pinyin: maau$^5$ jyt$^9$
*** Guangdong Romanization: mao$^5$ yud$^6$
*** Sinological IPA : /maːu̯¹³ jyːt̚²/

#### Proper noun

卯月
* An orthographic borrowing of the Japanese surname 卯月, Uzuki

## Japanese

Kanji in this term :
| 卯 | 月 |
| う Jinmeiyō | つき > づき Grade: 1 |
| kun'yomi ||

### Etymology

From 卯 (u, short for 卯の花 (unohana), “deutzia flower”) +‎ 月 (tsuki, “month”).
The tsuki changes to zuki as an instance of rendaku (連濁).

### Pronunciation

* (Tokyo) うづき [úꜜzùkì] (Atamadaka –)
* IPA: [ɯ̟zɨkʲi]

### Noun

卯(う)月(づき) • (uzuki)
* (archaic) the fourth month of the lunar calendar
* (poetic) the month when deutzia flowers are in bloom: April

#### Synonyms

* 卯(う)の花(はな)月(づき) (unohana-zuki)
* 陰月(いんげつ) (ingetsu)
* 夏半(かはん) (kahan)
* 木(こ)の葉(は)採(と)り月(づき) (konohatori-zuki)
* 首夏(しゅか) (shuka)
* 修景(しゅうけい) (shūkei)
* 初夏(しょか) (shoka)
* 清(せい)和(わ) (seiwa)
* 仲呂(ちゅうりょ) (chūryo)
* 夏(なつ)端(は)月(づき) (natsuhazuki)
* 梅月(ばいげつ) (baigetsu)
* 花(はな)残(のこ)し月(づき) (hananokoshizuki)
* 花(はな)残(のこ)り月(づき) (hananokorizuki)
* 乏月(ぼうげつ) (bōgetsu)
* 祭(まつり)月(づき), 祭(まつ)り月(づき) (matsurizuki)
* 巳(み) (mi)
* 孟夏(もうか) (mōka)
* 余(よ)月(げつ) (yogetsu)

#### Coordinate terms

Coordinate terms: 睦月, 如月, 弥生, 卯月, 皐月, 水無月, 文月, 葉月, 長月, 神無月, 霜月, 師走

#### Derived terms

* 卯月(うづき)会(え) (uzuki-e)
* 卯月(うづき)曇(ぐも)り (uzuki-gumori, “clouding during the fourth lunar month”)
* 卯月(うづき)鳥(どり) (uzukidori, “lesser cuckoo”)
* 卯月(うづき)の忌(い)み (uzuki no imi)
* 卯月(うづき)の花(はな) (uzuki no hana)
* 卯月(うづき)の御(み)標(しめ) (uzuki no mi-shime)
* 卯月(うづき)の雪(ゆき) (uzuki no yuki)
* 卯月(うづき)花(ばな) (uzukibana)
* 卯月(うづき)八日(ようか) (uzuki yōka, “eighth day of the fourth lunar month”)

#### See also

* 空木(ウツギ), 卯木(ウツギ) (utsugi, “Deutzia crenata”)
* 四(し)月(がつ) (shigatsu)

### Proper noun

卯(う)月(づき) • (Uzuki)
* (historical) a 神風 (Kamikaze)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy
* (historical) a 睦月 (Mutsuki)-class destroyer of the Imperial Japanese Navy during World War II, see Japanese destroyer Uzuki (1925) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
* a female given name
* a surname

### References

* ↑ Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tokyo: Sanseidō, →ISBN
* ↑ NHK Broadcasting Culture Research Institute, editor (1998), NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 [NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary] (in Japanese), Tokyo: NHK Publishing, Inc., →ISBN